New Gold’s open pit mine is 100 metres deep and approximately 240 feet above sea level. The loader trucks transports roughly 600 loads of rocks to the processing plant each day at approximately 220 metric tons per load. -Sam Odrowski photos
Photo Gallery
Sam Odrowski Shaun Milner helped her granddaughter, Ryden Skirten, paint a bird feeder at Community Living Fort Frances and District’s Open Air Art Studio yesterday evening at Legion Park. These free drop-in art sessions happen nearly every week at various locations through the town all summer long with the next […]
Jamie Mountain Heather Wright of the Fort Frances Mud Dogs looked upwards to track exactly where an infield popup was in the sky during her squad’s 12-7 win over the Big Grassy Lynx in a loser’s side playoff matchup in Rainy River District Women’s Fastball League action yesterday evening at […]
Jamie Mountain Alexandra Malgo practised on returning shots during a free “Basics of Tennis Workshop” this morning at the Multi-Use Tennis Courts here. The workshop was sponsored by the Fort Frances Public Library Technology Centre in conjunction with the Multi-Use Courts Committee and was open to both children and adults. […]
of the MNRF Fort Frances Ogimaa Binesiiyog Stewardship Youth Rangers Rianna Roche, left, and Jaiden VanDulmen examined bloodroot during a recent nature walk at the Kay-Nah-Chi-Wah-Nung Historical Centre. There the youth rangers learned about local Indigenous history and archeology. They also helped to clean up the area by weeding unwanted […]
Sam Odrowski A group of children who attended the Couchiching Fire Department open house on Saturday had a chance to meet with “Sparky the Fire Dog.” The mascot spread cheer throughout the open house and provided a sense of entertainment to all that came. Kids who attended the open house […]
Stephanie Hagenaars Maggie Le Mesurier instructed a 3D printing workshop yesterday at the Fort Frances Public Library Technology Centre, which taught participants the basics of 3D printing. Those who complete the 3D orientation workshop can then use the 3D printer to create small objects such as whistles and dice, so […]
Fort Frances Mud Dogs’ pitcher Jodie Hood took the worst of a run-scoring collision between her and Dana Ward of the Fort Frances Her-ricanes in a Rainy River District Women’s Fastball League playoff matchup last night at VanJura. The fourth-seeded Her-ricanes won the game by a 17-2 margin over the […]
Stephanie Hagenaars The Science North “Bluecoats” were back in town yesterday and this time they brought something new and exciting: robots! The “Robots en Route” workshop, hosted by the Fort Frances Public Library Technology Centre, showed the group of kids on hand a basic form of designing, building, and programming […]
Jamie Mountain Connor Nelson of Manitou Forest Products circled back with the ball and surveyed his options while teammate Mark Faragher gave him some directions during their squad’s 2-2 tie with Centra Pipelines in Borderland Soccer League men’s division action last night at the St. Francis Sports Field. It was […]
Sam Odrowski Kim Jo Bliss of the Emo Agricultural Research Station showed open house attendees all the different varieties of crops growing there yesterday evening. Demonstration plots of soybeans, canola, wheat, hops, and other crops were shown to those who attended the open house.
Submitted This 1929 Model A-Rartrod rolled into Rainy River to take part in the first-ever car show held in conjunction with “Railroad Daze.” It was among many vintage and classic cars that lined Fourth Street on Sunday.
